From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 22 19:29:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3777FA4F282 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdonnjd@pcam.org) Received: from na01-by2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-by2on0131.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.100.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E96EC1243 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdonnjd@pcam.org) Received: from BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com (10.141.25.14) by BLUPR07MB323.namprd07.prod.outlook.com (10.141.25.23) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.361.13; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:13 +0000 Received: from BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.13.26]) by BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.13.26]) with mapi id 15.01.0361.006; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:13 +0000 From: John McDonnell To: John McDonnell , FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: POS system trashing hard drives during install - SOLVED Thread-Topic: POS system trashing hard drives during install - SOLVED Thread-Index: AdE87wh8DFVlGTgYRgKxa8JZ7Fs1cw== Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:12 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=mcdonnjd@pcam.org; x-originating-ip: [68.234.51.1] x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1; BLUPR07MB323; 5:gru7w9zwPT+YW1puL/7/uvY7rPw53mkRZlLQybxvEPcBl87xa9KdVUeNuga/nBRtt5OjTFK3Mm/htkHIrUaV267v0myVilYaeaGcs/KeV3sw6cAzgigK5+/nmQBsrWGiMHb7YbgORyKMwmjdmifWbg==; 24:u32sjxMzp9A7nbOQcBHdRIUB+eQkmjySCYS9IfeBLHq1YEB+Gh1orIDuAfdzNyE8vuY29xc7taMHgxcy2otpiMKiRiHGHnPM94Gqz6W3iWo=; 20:InLnyG9o1KEVqL2S1TZFkV7tR/rvJzNOW0fbeSq0VH03/JjEl4UCv1qzyfD4gppfmbF2K9sugymlrmFWxeW3g5kK9rtic57m+QlT60gY96hT8LTUH89fmmmmzd9Mhucvf4aZXIBeqHhoQ9VEbwkBvuZZsSD4LgWB0z5wXI48psU= x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BLUPR07MB323; x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:(192713067249063); x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(601004)(2401047)(8121501046)(520078)(5005006)(3002001)(10201501046); SRVR:BLUPR07MB323; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:BLUPR07MB323; x-forefront-prvs: 0798146F16 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019020)(6009001)(51744003)(199003)(189002)(5001770100001)(5008740100001)(2900100001)(105586002)(81156007)(86362001)(102836003)(50986999)(6116002)(450100001)(586003)(40100003)(76576001)(92566002)(97736004)(107886002)(5001960100002)(11100500001)(101416001)(3846002)(5004730100002)(122556002)(1220700001)(1096002)(19580405001)(189998001)(10400500002)(66066001)(99286002)(19580395003)(106356001)(54356999)(5003600100002)(5002640100001)(87936001)(74316001)(33656002); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:BLUPR07MB323; H:BLUPR07MB321.namprd07.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:0; MX:1; LANG:en; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: pcam.org does not designate permitted sender hosts) spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:23 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: pcam.org X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 22 Dec 2015 19:29:12.8987 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 4d0a72ee-ba26-46d5-8bbe-6430f01b636a X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BLUPR07MB323 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:29:21 -0000 > The BIOS by default is set to autodetect the mode for the hard drive and > reports these settings: > Cylinders: 19158 > Heads: 16 > Sectors: 255 >=20 > Capacity: 40022MB >=20 > Changing to LBA mode reports: > Cylinders: 4865 > Heads: 255 > Sectors: 63 >=20 > Capacity: 40018 MB I changed the BIOS from AUTO to LBA and was able to install FreeBSD on this= POS system. Hopefully I can change the BIOS on the one I have at home to L= BA instead of AUTO and have it recognize one of the 80 GB drives I previous= ly tried to set up. But in any case, going forward on these computers, I at= least know that I can get them to work with a little tweak to the BIOS HDD= geometry reporting. Thank you for your time. --=20 John McDonnell Penn Cambria School District mcdonnjd@pcam.org